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Death by leap from moving train by convict (Tom Fern) under escort from Winchester...
Catalogue reference: PCOM 8/416
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This record is about the Death by leap from moving train by convict (Tom Fern) under escort from Winchester... dating from 1930-1931 in the series Prison Commission: Registered Papers, Supplementary Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PCOM 8/416
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930-1931
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Description (What the record is about)
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Death by leap from moving train by convict (Tom Fern) under escort from Winchester to Dartmoor: reprimand for prison officers over loss of key to enable Fern to be unhandcuffed
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 67313
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 75 years
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2453099/
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Series information
PCOM 8
Prison Commission: Registered Papers, Supplementary Series I
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Prison Commission: Registered Papers, Supplementary Series I
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Death by leap from moving train by convict (Tom Fern) under escort from Winchester...
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